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Pros & Cons
Cons
Seagate's sshd (hybrid drives) are garbage. I now have to pay $600 to seagate to recover 2tb of data that represents 100's of man hours creating. I have another seagate record that has been running well for years, but i regret buying this unit. Never ... Read More
Seagate warranty support request filed with seagate. Attempted to get call from support; given a 39-minute callback window and over 2 hours later, no callback. If it failed, warranty claim would be a nightmare.
There was no advanced warning of impending drive failure. No warning. Clicking noises.
Highlights
Quality
Great hard drive, works fast and so far (year and a half of hardcore use) it works great.
It is working great, let’s see how long this will last
2 drive for my os and frequently used applications but when this did run my os for almost 4 years it never took longer than 20 ... Read More
Each of these reads/writes is subjected to the 1 bit per 10^14 read/write error rate every time.
Price
These were great drives for the price (quiet, good performance and acceptable life span).
Quiter than my wb black and cheaper.
I bought this back in 2014 when 256gb ssd's ran for $250.
No matter how much you pay for a harddrive they will fail.
Competitiveness
It works great and offers better speeds than most generic hdds.
I don't know what seagate is trying to do with other drives they make that are newer than this, but smr belongs in archive driv... Read More
Smr/mtc drives (seagate) have a different strategy.
It is worth mentioning that i did not find much a of different in most tasks between this sshd & wd black hdds.
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- This product had a total of 3,934 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 23 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Theyve been powered on continuously that whole time under moderate use
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
One drive died a couple weeks ago and oddly another one died today
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ill be replacing the other two drives soon
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The difference might be noticeable when working on the same set of files as the those wil be cached on the ssd as it the case of media production and video editing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Quick for a hdd but definitely not a ssd
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Might need to get another one soon
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Very quite and the install is easy or that’s what i would say if they included screws or the cable it needs it only came with the harddrive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Got the specs from a link from the supplier
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